British Society For Middle Eastern Studies

Centre For Syrian Studies, University Of St Andrews

University Of Edinburgh

The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Regional Origins, Present Reality, Future Prospects

Friday 29 April 2016, 9.30 am — 4.30 pm

50 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LH

PROGRAMME

9.30–9.45 am Registration

9.45–10.00 am Welcome and Introduction

10.00–10.45 am Thomas Pierret (University of Edinburgh): The Syrian Origins of the Present

Crisis

10.45–11.00 am Coffee Break

MONDAY, 2^ND MAY, 2016

12:00 noon – 2:00pm, Room 1.37, Paterson’s Land, Moray House School of Education

Ryan Baker (Columbia University):  Long-term and actionable prediction of student outcomes using automated detectors of engagement and affect.

[Centre for Research in Digital Education]

Russian Research Seminar

Alexander Pozdnyakov “Lenfilm, The Oldest Film Production Company In Russia” (in English).

Monday, 2 May 2016, 5-7 pm, Screeining Room G.04, 50 George Square.

Kathryn Tanner is the current Marquand Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale University. Her research relates the history of Christian thought to contemporary issues of theological concern using social, cultural, and feminist theory.

The title of her lecture series is, “Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism”. There will be a drinks reception after the first and the last lecture (Monday 2 and Thursday 12 May 2016).

Edinburgh’s Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies is proud to announce a special event taking place on Tuesday 3^rd May 2016. Professor Walter Pohl of the Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung of the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, will lead a round table discussion on ‘Romanness after Rome’.  Professor Pohl is one of the most distinguished early medieval historians in Europe, author of numerous books and articles, and is particularly well known for his groundbreaking studies on early medieval ethnic identity.

SPECIAL EVENT

Round table discussion on ‘Romanness after Rome’

Tuesday 3 May 2016 at 5.00pm

This event is free but ticketed and includes a reception.

Round table discussion on ‘Romanness after Rome’ Prof Walter Pohl (Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung of the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences)

Teviot Lecture Theatre, Doorway 5, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School

Dashkova Open Research Seminar

Prof Marianna Shakhnovich (Saint-Petersburg State University): ‘Semyon Desnitsky, Scottish Enlightenment and the Origin of Religious Studies in Russia’

Time: Tuesday, 3 May, 5:10 pm

Venue: The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 8LN

Christoph Mick (Warwick): The Army of the Unknown Soldiers: War Remembrance in 20^th Century Europe

venue tbc

Kathryn Tanner is the current Marquand Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale University. Her research relates the history of Christian thought to contemporary issues of theological concern using social, cultural, and feminist theory.

The title of her lecture series is, “Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism”.

Professor Glenda Norquay (Liverpool John Moores University, IASH Fellow): Mr Bangs, Mr Baxter and Robert Louis Stevenson: literary prosthetics and transatlantic publishing in the 1890s